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Love Letter (Kesobumi)

Kajita Hanko

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print titled "Love Letter (Kesobumi)" by Kajita Hanko. Two women are shown; the one on the left has long dark hair and wears a salmon-colored kimono with green, blue, and white designs; she holds a paper. The woman on the right has dark hair in a bun with a blue and white patterned band, and she wears a cream kimono with blue and red accents and a red kimono with white square designs underneath. The woman on the right sits with her left arm around the other woman, and they both look at the paper. The background of the print is beige with a darker beige border around the image and a thin black line border around the image; the corners are rough.

Artwork Details

Date
January 1906
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 453 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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